Politics & Government
Five Things You Need To Know This Week: Schools, Arts and the NFC Championship
Mokena Patch helps you plan your week.

- The District 159 Board of Education will have a work session to discuss budget cuts Thursday at 7 p.m. at Mokena Elementary School.
- On Saturday, singers Franco Martorana, Christine Steyer and Paul Geiger will perform classic arias and songs at the Mokena Community Public Library District starting at 1 p.m.
- Lincoln-Way East will present its winter play, , this week. It runs Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door.
- The Mokena Park District will host an indoor flea market Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.According to the park district website, vendor spaces are sold out.
- Mokena Patch is looking for the following: die-hard Bears fans, lone-wolf Packers fans and houses divided against themselves over the upcoming NFC Championship game. We'd love to talk to you! Please email editor Caroline Evans at caroline.evans@patch.com to participate.
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